* CareerResurrection: This was Creator/TomHardy's first major role in years and this and ''Film/{{Bronson}}'' gave his career a major boost after it was nearly snuffed out in it's infancy with ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' with Nolan even casting him in ''Film/{{Inception}}'' based on his performance as Bob here.
* CreatorsOddball: This film is the first Dark Castle Entertainment non-horror movie.
* FakeRussian: Yuri's actor, Creator/KarelRoden, is Czech.
* PlayingAgainstType: One-Two, an awkward womanizing criminal who can and does freak out when things get crazy, is far from Creator/GerardButler's usual on-screen badass.
* QuietlyCancelled: The end credits tease that the characters will return in ''The Real [=RocknRolla=]''. While director Creator/GuyRitchie brought the sequel up in a few interviews, nothing ever came of it, quietly canceling a film series before it even got off the ground.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: On the day of filming the sex scene, Creator/GerardButler had a nasty throat infection and Creator/ThandieNewton refused to kiss him. Creator/GuyRitchie then improvised and revised the scene into the very funny montage.
* StillbornFranchise: Creator/ThandiweNewton revealed that Creator/GuyRitchie stated that he hopes to extend ''RocknRolla'' into a trilogy. At the end of the film there is a title card stating "Johnny, Archy and the Wild Bunch will be back in ''The Real RocknRolla''". According to both the DVDCommentary and an interview with Ritchie, the second film has been written and is awaiting studio approval.
** In a 2011 interview, promoting ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'', when asked about a possible sequel, Ritchie said:
--->You know, I've spent a lot of time thinking about it! I've written a script, I think it's a great script, and Joel (Silver) wants to pay for me to do it. But up until now we haven't had the time to do it. It's sitting there and we'd all like to do it, it's just a question of when we're going to fit it in. So we'll wait and see." He also mentioned that as long as Creator/WarnerBros keeps throwing him "big movies like the ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' films and ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE'', then it may not be happening soon.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JasonStatham turned down a role in the film due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/DeathRace''.
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